The Passage

32“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

(Luke 12:32–34)

The Notes

At one point in Jesus’ ministry, “the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say” (Luke 11:53–54). In response to this rejection by established religious authorities, Jesus directed the majority of His teaching to devoted followers.

He carefully explained how His kingdom differs from the current world system, announced the arrival of His kingdom, and invited hearers to become a part of it today.

The Terms

“fear” [phobeō]: (1) to be in an apprehensive state, be afraid; (2) to have a profound measure of respect for, (have) reverence, respect.

William Arndt, Frederick W. Danker, and Walter Bauer,A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 1060–61.

“Father’s” [patēr]: (1) the immediate biological ancestor, parent; (2) one from whom one is descended and generally at least several generations removed, forefather, ancestor, progenitor, forebear; (3) one who provides moral and intellectual upbringing, father; (4) a title of respectful address, father; (5) revered deceased persons with whom one shares beliefs or traditions, fathers, ancestors; (6) the supreme deity, who is responsible for the origin and care of all that exists, Father, Parent.

William Arndt, Frederick W. Danker, and Walter Bauer,A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 786–87.

“good pleasure” [eudokeō]: (1) to consider something as good and therefore worthy of choice, consent, determine, resolve; (2) to take pleasure or find satisfaction in something, be well pleased, take delight;(2a) with personal object with or in someone; (2b) with impersonal object, also delight in, like, approve.

William Arndt, Frederick W. Danker, and Walter Bauer,A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 404.

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